I don't believe that Globe should be in the very interesting list sent by Bob Chaparro. They were founded in Milwaukee, moved to Chicago late in their life, and were bought by Athearn in the early

Yes, he doesn't use email, his phone number is(808)845-3323 Fenton -- Fenton Wells 250 Frye Rd Pinehurst NC 28374 910-420-8106 srrfan1401@...

Does anyone know if Bob of Bob's Photo is still operating? The Email is not valid any more. Bob's Photo address is: P.O. Box 52 Wallingford, KY 41093 606-845-3323

Bob, Thank you. This one and the other emails are all very interesting and educational. I was unable to read the "Company" column of your chart, as it was

Bob Chaparro wrote: As a teen growing up in the '50's in southern California, my local hobby shop told me to pronounce it "sigh-dam." Of course the original Dutch is quite different from either of

1950s Southern California Model RR Manufacturers I've had discussions with several people who are/were model railroad manufacturers and asked them about their fellow model railroad manufacturers who

The Train-Master story is true: https://groups.io/g/ModelRailroadsofSoCalif/message/14937?p=,,,20,0,0,0::Created,,train+master,20,2,0,59798692 I don't believe they were a direct descendent of Silver

Lester, if I recall correctly, HO Collector magazine ran an article on that very subject. I cannot find that issue at the moment to access that article. Maybe someone else in this group can locate

Ben and Bruce Well,I did say I was a neophyte..Thank you both for for your help and collective information.Armand Premo

I think much of this is really just a summary of who owned some of the tooling at various times, not a summary of corporate changes. Richard Townsend Lincoln City, OR

Steel coils. Tony Thompson

Friends, I have heard that Fairbanks-Morse, which had a trademark on "Train Master" objected to the model railroad name. Maybe this is a myth, but that sort of thing is common now with UP and CSX

Matt; Yes, $, for many. Cor-Ten was not cheap. Other steels, ditto. USS alone produced many different steels to accommodate end user needs. I saw a financial analysis on this in PRR

With a "return to Ogden" stencil and the interesting shipping bracket of some kind, this is a good shot of an SP ACF built F-70-7. Anyone know what assignment this car was used for? Seems to have been

Well Armand, First, the PRR did not have any such classes. Now, they did have H21 and H25, but no H-21 or H-25 😉 Now, if by chance, you've been ignoring Bern Hom for, I don't know, the past 20

Les here is a history that involves a lot of name changes, and no doubt change of owners as well. Found at http://cs.trains.com/mrr/f/88/t/258610.aspx Started out as Tru-Scale Models freight

Armand Premo wrote: "Being the Neophyte that I am,what are the basic differences between the H-21 and the H-25?" First, there are as many dashes in PRR Car Classes as letter "h"s in Alburg, VT

Being the Neophyte that I am,what are the basic differences between the H-21 and the H-25 ? Armand Premo

Wondering if someone has information as to why the two names? Lester Breuer

Elden Gatwood wrote: Elden states it very well. It is interesting to read articles in _Railway Age_ in the first decade or two of the 20th century, when there were plenty of railroad people